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General information:
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What is the Export Helpdesk?

The Export Helpdesk is an online service, provided by the European Commission, to facilitate market access in particular for developing countries to the European Union.

This free and user friendly service for exporters, importers, trade associations and governments, provides the following online:

  • Information on EU and Member States' import requirements as well as internal taxes applicable to products;
  • Information on import tariffs and other import measures;
  • Information on EU preferential import regimes benefiting developing countries;
  • Trade data for the EU and its individual Member States;
  • Links to other authorities and international organisations involved in practical trade operations and trade promotion;
  • The possibility to lodge detailed information requests about real-life situations encountered by exporters;
  • A What's New section to host newsletters.

Visit the Export Helpdesk

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Market access

Promoting market access

Creating new opportunities in markets abroad for EU exporters and in the EU market for developing countries' exporters is a key part of the European Commission's work.